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Aksak Maboul 'Revue'

Special shows feat. Laetitia Sadier, Aquaserge & Jaakko Eino Kalevi
To celebrate the release of the "16 Visions of Ex-Futur" tribute album, Véronique Vincent & Aksak Maboul will be playing a series of special shows entitled Aksak Maboul ‘Revue’, for which they’ll be joined onstage by some of the album’s contributors, including Jaakko Eino Kalevi, Laetitia Sadier and Aquaserge, who will perform together some of their respective music.

New line-up + new shows...

+ remixes by SKIP&DIE !
After an absence of several months, the fearless Staff Benda Bilili will be returning to play shows in Europe, with a revamped line-up. To celebrate their return, they've joined forces with wild, genre-blending South African/Dutch band SKIP&DIE, who have revisited two highlights from the Staff's latest album "Bouger le monde". SKIP&DIE's electrifying, dancefloor-friendly versions of Bilanga and Kuluna / Gangs will be coming out as a digital single in early July.

Stephen Coates is "a disciple of Scott Walker & Jarvis Cocker"...

Read their glowing 4-star review of THE REAL TUESDAY WELD's "The Last Werewolf" (which comes out in France on Jan 23)

Congotronics vs Rockers voted #1 London gig of 2011

... by London-based live blog Londonears

"Super-cross-continental-group featuring all 19 members of Deerhoof, Konono No. 1, Juana Molina, Kasai Allstars, Skeletons and Wildbirds & Peacedrums in this one off collaboration of tribal noise like no other. Only a few members of the crowd managed to refrain from dancing like your friend’s odd hippy mother might at Glastonbury"

Megafaun & Akron/Family EU tour footage

They came, they played, they conquered... and they most certainly didn't shave.

Akron/Family and Megafaun, the two big American additions to Crammed's globe-spanning canon of artists, have both recently wound up hugely successful European tours. Below are examples of each of them in action - first Megafaun's hugely successful appearance at Le Guess Who? Festival in Utrecht, Netherlands (in it's full multi-camera, high quality glory!), and then an interview with Seth from Akron/Family, interspersed with clips of the band's show at Point Ephemere in Paris. Both bands are planning to return to European shores in the spring... more news soon!

Happy Holiday Deals at the Crammed Shop

Buy one get one free !

Buy two and also get Crammed's new compilation !

We at Crammed wanted to thank you for supporting our artists and our music this year (and this decade!), so we've decided to offer you one free album of your choice (in CD format) when you purchase any CD between December 1st 2009 and January 15, 2010.

A suggestion: you may want to use this opportunity to discover one of the numerous gems in our deep and rich back-catalogue...

Plus - if you buy TWO albums, we will send you our absolutely lovely new Crammed Discs compilation, as well as the free album of your choice!